Shoe-lacing.



No. 699,869. Patented May l3, l902.

H. w. HILLER.

SHOE LACING.

(Applicatioh filed July 27, 1901 (No Model.)

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HATTIE IV. HILLER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-LACING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,869, dated May 13,1902.

Application filed July 27,1901.

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HATTIE W. HILLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Lacing, of which thefollowingis a specification.

My invention relates to shoe-lacings, with the object in View ofproviding a shoe-lacing capable of being tiedin a multibow or rosetteknot at the front of the shoe or Wherever the lacing may be employed.

My invention consists, broadly, in a shoelacing composed of a pluralityof separable longitudinal sections extending; along that portion of thelacing which is intended to be used to form the knot.

A practical embodiment of myinventionis represented in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents the lacing as it appears when inuse on the front of a shoe. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is an edgeview.

The separable sections extend along the end portions or along thatportion or those portions of the lacing which is or are intended to beused to form the knot and are preferably united at their outer endseither temporarily or permanently by means of tips for convenientlypassing them through the eyelots.

The shoe-lacing, as represented in the several figures, comprises acentral body portion a, formed of a single or non-separable part, andend portions composed of a plurality of longitudinal parts or sections,in the present instance three parts each, those of one end portion beingdenoted by b b b and those of the opposite end portion being denoted byc 0 0 These several parts at the end portions of the shoe-lacing areshown united at their outer ends by means of tips cl and 6.

Serial No. 69,895. (No model.)

These maybe stripped from the ends after the lacing has been onceinserted in the shoe, or they may remain in their position on the ends,as preferred.

When the lacing has been inserted, the double-bow knot will be composedof six loops, which may be arranged by a little skill in tying to standradiating from a common center, as shown in Fig. 1, presenting a rosetteappearance.

It is obvious that the number of parts may be increased or diminished atpleasure and that the width and thickness of the several parts may bemade a matter of selection. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictlyto the structure herein shown and described; but

WVhat I claim is 1. A shoe-lacing separated throughout a portion of itslength into a plurality of longi- Eudinal parts or sections,substantially as set orth.

2. A shoe-lacing comprisinga central nonseparable body portion includedbetween portions separated into a plurality of longitudipal sect-ions orparts, substantially as set orth.

3. A shoe-lacing comprising a central nonence of two witnesses, this26th day of July,

HATTIE W. HILLER.

WVitnesses:

FRIEDA SOHRADER, I-Ineo L. HILLER.

